Weather-strip for doors.



PATENTED MAR. 17 ,I 1903.

' L. B. ROLPH.

WEATHER STRIP P0R;Do0Rs.

APPLICATION FILD JUNE 17. 1902.

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4No. 723,029. l `MTEETED MAE. 17', 1903.

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. APPLIOATICN FILED JUVE 17A. 1902.

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WEATHER-STRIP FoR DooRs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,029, dated March 17, 1903.

Application filed .Tune 17,1902.A

f To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEGRAND B. ROLPH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Windom, in the county of Cottonwood and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in'Weather-Strips for Doors, of which the following is a specification.`

This invention relates to weather-strips for (floors, and more particularly to a trip there- The object of the invention is to provide means whereby a horizontally -arranged hinged weather-strip secu-red to the jamb of a door will be automatically raised to close the crack at the bottom of the door when the door is closed.

Further objects, as well as the novel details "of construction, will be specifically described.

hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a perspective View of the door and frame, the'door being open. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the lower portion of the door, showing the weatherstrip and trip attached. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the door closedf Fig. 'is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the door and frame, and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the trip.

The reference-numeral l designates a doorframe, and 2 the door, which is hinged thereto in the usual manner. Secured to the sill of the door-frame is a laterally arranged hinged weather-strip, the edge nearest the door being adapted to swing upward when the door is closed. A rigid strip 4is secured to the door 2 and is inclined downward atan angle of about forty -five degrees. Immediately below the door, but spaced apart, are projections 5, between which and the strip 4 the weather-strip 3 is adapted to be guided when the door is closed. l j

Arrangedon the jamb of the frame 1 and at one side thereof is the trip, which consists of a horizontal plate 6, having its lower end bent to form a barrel 7 for the reception of a pintle 8, (shownin dotted lines, Fig. 6,) which passes therethrough and is provided with a Serial No. 112,066. (No modelright-angular projection terminating in a right-angular point 9, which may be driven into the sill, so that the plate may be hinged. A vertical flange lO projects from one side of the plate 6 and carries an inclined lip ll at the rear extremity thereof, which projects between the rabbet 12 in the door-frame l and the rear edge of the door 2. The plate 6 lies under the hinged weather-strip and as the door is closed the rear edge thereof will press against the lip 1l and force it in a vertical plane into the rabbet of the door-frame. This will cause the plate 6 to be tilted and raise the weather-strip, guiding it between the projections 5 and the rigid plate or strip 4 on the door. As the edge of the hinged weather-strip is guided between the rigid strip of the door and the projections, a tight joint will be made, which will prevent the admittance of dust, rain, or any` matter detrimental to the interiorof the building..

I am aware that hinged weather-strips have been employed before and that trips have been used for the purpose of operating them; but I amnota ware that a device similar to the one constructed by me has been employed in combination with the elements to operate it.

By arranging the flange l0 on a vertical plane and constructing the plate 6 and lip 1l integral therewith a cheap, durable, and efficient trip is provided well adapted to withstand the strain to which it would be subjected in opening and closing the door. By

.operatingthe weather-strip3 by means of this trip the liability of the Weather-strip becoming fast through freezing will be obviated.

l-Iaving'thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a door-frame and a hinged door secured thereto, of a hinged weather-strip secured to the sill of theframe and having its free end adjacent the door, a rigid strip secured to the door above on a higher plane than the Weather-strip and projecting on a downward incline, projections beneath the strip on the door and designed to guide the weather-stri p against the lower side of the strip on the door, and a trip for plate and projecting from the door-frame and raising the weather-strip and guiding it bedoorl for the purpose set forth.

tween the strip and comprising a horizontal In testimony whereof I ax my signature plate having its lower end bent to form a in presence of two witnesses.

hinge-barrel, a pintle in the barrel and sei LEGRAND B. ROLPH. cured to the door-sill, a vertical flange formed Witnesses:

with and projecting from the plate, an in- W. J. CLARK, @lined lip at the extremity of the vertical ED; MATTSON. 

